ARLA/CLUSTER: Estação canadiana de Onda Media escutada regularmente na Noruega a 5800 km

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Norwegian radio ham tunes into CBC Saskatchewan

CBC News reports Ole Forr LA6EIA is a 58-year-old amateur radio
enthusiast who tunes into radio stations across the world for fun

A dairy farmer in Norway went to great lengths to tune into CBC Saskatchewan.

Sure, The Morning Edition with Sheila Coles is the No. 1 morning radio
show in Saskatchewan. But few people could have expected it to reach a
group of listeners more than 5,800 kilometres away— and not through
the internet.

Ole Forr doesn't let thousands of kilometres and the Atlantic Ocean
get in the way of his hobby.

Every late October, Forr and three friends visit a remote location in
northern Norway, where he said they spend up to two weeks listening to
radio broadcasts using some very long-range receiving antennas.

On Oct. 27, 2015, Forr tuned into CBK 540 AM from Andøya, Norway.

"It's very remote, so there is no man-made noise," Forr said. "From
October to March, it's very dark up there so to have dark between the
transmitter and the receiver."

Forr contacted CBC Saskatchewan to verify his recording, providing MP3
evidence of the broadcast.

He's been collecting such recordings and memories like stamps since he
was 13 years old.

"That has been my hobby for all these years," he said.

Read the full story and listen to the recording at
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/norway-farmer-thrilled-cbc-saskatchewan-radio-1.3384042

Ole's DX Blog
http://la6eia.blogspot.co.uk/